As a part of the series On Simple Vegetarian Food in Old Age in #Cooking Carnival. Let us try what my daughters call as Cabbage Salad. I have no issues as long as they eat cabbage vegetable happily. This is nothing but cabbage briefly warmed and spiced with red chilli powder. Simple enough but its amazingly Read more

Ridge Gourd and Masoor Dal Vegetable also Turai Aur Masoor Dal Sabji is a powerhouse of the goodness of healthy vegetable and a healthy legume. Tastes very good with chapatti or roti but will taste just as good with rice too. Steamed rice and homemade ghee, papad and pickle…. I am in heaven, Comfort food. Today Read more

My sister in law keeps telling me she made “chavli chi bhaji dal ghalun” which is a delicious leafy vegetable of cowpeas made with dal. Yes, it’s the vegetarian way of increasing the protein content in all possible ways. She has started this since she has settled in Pune. For ages now, I have been mystified Read more

When I baked this Crustless Quiche the girls were thrilled. This was one of the few dishes that I cooked for BM and they have enjoyed this series. When I choose the Blogging Marathon Themes I usually take into account the girls preferences. But this time I choose Simple and Healthy Vegetarian Food for the Read more

Rava/sooji thalipeeth is something that I have heard of recently. It’s a mixture of rava/sooji with onions, coconut and green chillies made in small flatbreads. It’s a part of Goan cuisine, a total life saver when you have nothing to make but have to serve breakfast and pack tiffin at 7 am. Thankfully the younger Read more

How on earth did I stumble upon Barley Flour Uttapam? I picked up Barley Flour the other day and made regular rotis/chapattis from it. They were a bit harder than the regular ones and not much appreciated so I was wondering what to make from them. For Barley has all the goodness of health and Read more

Make Rajgira Thalileeth for your next fast Pappa. Since I cannot convince my father from giving up his fasts this is my suggestion to him. Thought in Karnataka Upma, Poha is acceptable for fasting this will be a change. Fasts, in India, are a common and frequent occurrence. What is more, they are taken very Read more

Yummy parathas with leftover moong dal to finish your leftovers that no one wants to eat! Parathas with dahi and pickle … heaven! I had made dal fry and it did not get over. Since I do not want to bin it I decided to make parathas with it. If anybody is visiting India, a must-try on the Read more

Sattu ka paratha is a popular stuffed paratha in Bihar. What is Sattu ka Paratha? The best definition will be it’s a unleavened bread, pan fried and stuffed with roasted gram filling. To prepare Sattu grains like barley, Bengal Gram is dry roasted. Traditionally in an iron pan, the grains and sand were roasted. Finally, Read more

Sweet Potato Mint & Feta Patties was a delicious recipe. I cannot claim credit to this recipe as I saw it in this book Simple Vegetarian dishes from the Library I was stunned to see simplicity of the dish. I had to try it but by the time I got down to making the patties Read more